Tilth

//tɪlθ// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Agricultural labour; husbandry. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops wordnet
  3. 3
    The state of being tilled, or prepared for a crop; culture. countable, uncountable

    "The land is in good tilth and ready to plant."

  4. 4
    the state of aggregation of soil and its condition for supporting plant growth wordnet
  5. 5
    Cultivated land countable, uncountable

    "Escaped from thicket and from fen at last he saw the tilth of men."

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  1. 6
    Rich cultivated soil. countable, uncountable

    "One morning she was kneeling on an old grain sack on the wet black soil, turning the thick rich tilth over and smoothing it ready for the new lettuces."

Synonyms

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agronomicscultivated landcultivated landcultivationculturefarming

Example

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"The land is in good tilth and ready to plant."

Etymology

From Middle English tilthe, from Old English tilþ, tilþe, corresponding to till + -th (abstract nominal suffix).

Related phrases

earth-tilth

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